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Queensland Yellowtail Angelfish
Chaetodontoplus meredithi
Chaetodontoplus meridithii (common name, Queensland yellowtail angelfish) is a marine angelfish. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 14 in. (35.5 cm) in length. Because of its size it requires a large aquarium, if kept in captivity. They require a lot of vegetable matter in their diet.
From the article Chaetodontoplus meridithii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Chaetodontoplus meridithii has a black body with a bluish-grey to blue face marked with yellow spots. There is a white band behind the head., The forehead is yellow and there is another yellow patch on the chest. The pectoral fins are largely black with yellowish margins, and the caudal fin is yellow. The dorsal and anal fins have yellowish to blue margins. The dorsal fin contains 13 spines and 17–19 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 17–19 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in).
Range & habitat
Chaetodontoplus meridithii is endemic to eastern Australia. The range of this species extends from Cape York in Queensland south as far as Sydney. It also occurs around Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 97221.